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Girls finals tonight; boys on Tuesday

Girls finals tonight; boys on Tuesday

Columbia Central boys head coach Hal Murrell talks to his team during a time out on Dec. 22 against Dickson County in Columbia. Murrell has utilized an extremely deep squad of players to earn a berth in the District 8-AAA championship game against Franklin County at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Shelbyville. Subs scored 37 points in Saturday's 84-69 semifinal win over Coffee County. (Courtesy photo by correspondent Ric Beu).

Tournament championships for two area districts have been determined, but several more will be on the line tonight and Tuesday in gyms located in Waynesboro, Columbia, Shelbyville, Thompsons Station and Waverly.

Champions crowned in recent days include the Community girls and Forrest boys in District 9-A, and the Giles County girls and Christ Presbyterian Academy boys in District 12-AA.

In Shelbyville tonight, the host Golden Eaglettes (19-11) encounter top seed Columbia Central (23-3), who has won 18 games in a row since losing to Shelbyville in this gym on Dec. 3.

Game time is 7:30 p.m. following the third place game between Franklin County (6-23) and Lincoln County (14-11) in a 6 p.m. game.

Regardless of the outcome, Shelbyville and Central will host a Region 4 first round game on Friday, while the Rebelettes and the Lady Falcons will travel.

Tuesday’s boys finals is Columbia Central (19-9) against Franklin County (21-10) at 7:30 p.m. Both teams will host District 7’s third and fourth place finishers in Saturday’s Region 4 first round games. Lawrence County and Coffee County collide i the 6 p.m. consolation contest.

The District 11-A girls title game at Columbia Academy has No. 1 seed Richland (18-7) dueling Cornersville (15-11) at 7:30 p.m. Culleoka (11-16) and Santa Fe (14-14) vie at 6 p.m. in the consolation.

Richland and Cornersville will host first round Region 6-A games Friday, while Culleoka and Santa Fe will travel. From District 12-A, Summertown and Loretto will be on the road, while 12-A finalists Wayne County and Collinwood will be hosts.

The 12-A finals and consolation are tonight in Waynesboro. Wayne County is the site for the Region 6 semifinals and championships.

Waverly is the site for the 11-AA tourney which moves into the Region 6 which will have higher finishes hosting before moving to Spring Hill starting Feb. 24.

Match-ups in 11-AA girls tonight are Creek Wood versus Stewart County in the finals, and Hickman County clashing with Lewis County for third place. Boys match-up on Tuesday are Creek Wood meeting Waverly for first place, and Lewis County and Camden in the consolation.

District 12-AA girls tourney finish was Giles County followed by Cascade, CPA and Spring Hill. In the boys, defending state champ CPA is followed by Cascade, Page and Giles County.

District 11-AAA is being played at Independence High School with consolation games tonight, and championships on Tuesday.

Monday’s games are the Franklin and Ravenwood girls at 6 p.m. followed by Dickson County and Ravenwood boys.

The championship games Tuesday have the Dickson County and Brentwood girls at 6 p.m. followed by Brentwood versus Franklin.

The Region 6 semifinals and championship are slated at Glencliff High School.

— Sectional girls game are Saturday, March 1 and the boys on Monday, March 3. The girls state tourney is March 5-8 and the boys March 12-15. The Murphy Center in Murfreesboro is the site.

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